Green Day Gets Third Number 1 in the U.S., Tops Six Charts Total; Barry Gibb Only Makes 63

Green Day returns to the top of the U.S. Albums chart for the first time in seven years with Revolution Radio.

This is the third time the band has topped the charts after American Idiot in 2004 and 21st Century Breakdown in 2009. Green Day's last three albums, all released within three months of each other, peaked at 2 (¡Uno!), 9 (¡Dos!) and 13 (¡Tré!).

Swedish metal band Meshuggah score their fourth straight top twenty album in the U.S. with The Violent Sleep of Reason. All eight of their studio albums have charted in this country but the last four have had the best performance.

Catch Thirtythree (2005 / #12)

obZen (2008 / #16)

Koloss (2012 / #12)

The Violent Sleep of Reason(2016 / #17)

Phish have their lowest charting studio album since 2002 with Big Boat which debuts at 19. In that year, their Round Room only went to 46, a major disappointment after three straight top twelve albums. They came back in 2004 with Undermind (#13) followed by Joy (2009 / #13) and Fuego (2014 / #7).

The premier of Melissa Etheridge's Memphis Rock and Soul is a bit of a disappointment (it's a great album) with a number 34 start which is, like Phish, lower than her last three studio releases (Fearless Love (2010 / #7), 4th Street Feeling (2012 / #18) and This is M.E. (2014 / #21). Memphis Rock and Soul does debut at number 1 on the Blues Albums.

Veteran punk rockers NOFX open at 54 with First Ditch Effort, their lowest studio effort since 2000. Still, all of their albums throughout this time have been in a fairly tight band on the charts (The War on Errorism / 2003 / #44), Wolves in Wolves Clothing (2006 / #46), Coaster (2009 / #36), Self Entitled (2012 / #42).

The last veteran artist debut is the biggest disappointment of a rather poor week as Barry Gibb only manages 63 with In the Now. Gibb opened at number 2 in the U.K. earlier this week and a better debut was certainly expected here in the U.S.

Only his second solo album, he actually did better than 1984's Now Voyager which went to 72; however, with the amount of publicity behind the album and the Bee Gees legacy and tragedies over the last decade, there were high hopes for In the Now.

The top forty albums this week by veteran artists who have been recording twenty years or more (Billboard 200 position in parenthesis). Debuts are in blue:

Revolution Radio - Green Day (1)

The Violent Sleep of Reason - Meshuggah (17)

Big Boat - Phish (19)

The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers (20)

Memphis Rock and Soul - Melissa Etheridge (34)

Ripcord - Keith Urban (38)

Chapter & Verse - Bruce Springsteen (49)

Hard II Love - Usher (53)

First Ditch Effort - NOFX (54)

Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison (58)

In the Now - Barry Gibb (63)

The Eminem Show - Eminem (81)

Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway - Barbra Streisand (87)

Metallica - Metallica (88)

International Superhits! - Green Day (96)

Greatest Hits I, II & III - The Platinum Collection - Queen (105)

Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers (110)

Mis Numero 1...40 Aniversario - Juan Gabriel (111)

Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem (112)

Blue Mountain - Bob Weir (118)

Unleashed - Skillet (124)

Pure and Simple - Dolly Parton (127)

Greatest Hits - 2Pac (129)

5150 - Van Halen (132)

American Band - Drive By Truckers (133)

Greatest Hits - Journey (135)

California - Blink-182 (138)

Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses (139)

The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks (150)

American Prodigal - Crowder (151)

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem (156)

For Better, For Worse - John Prine (167)

Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival (170)

Recovery - Eminem (173)

Sorceress - Opeth (174)

Thriller - Michael Jackson (176)

blackSUMMERS'night - Maxwell (179)

1 - Beatles (180)

Nevermind - Nirvana (183)

Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers (186)

The top ten albums overall:

Revolution Radio - Green Day

Day Breaks - Norah Jones

Oh My My - OneRepublic

Views - Drake

Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack

A Seat at the Table - Solange

Blurryface - twenty one pilots

The Last Hero - Alter Bridge

Three - Phantogram

Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

The top ten vinyl albums:

Revolution Radio - Green Day

22, A Million - Bon Iver

Mothership - Dance Gavin Dance

First Ditch Effort - NOFX

13 Voices - Sum 41

Day Breaks - Norah Jones

Light We Made - Balance and the Composure

Cody - Joyce Manor

Transit Blues - The Devil Wears Prada

Little Seeds - Shovels & Rope

The top ten singles:

Closer - The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey

Starboy - The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk

Heathens - twenty one pilots

Let Me Love You - DJ Snake Featuring Justin Bieber

24K Magic - Bruno Mars

Broccoli - D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty

Cold Water - Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & M0

Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes

Cheap Thrills - Sia Featuring Sean Paul

Side to Side - Ariana Grande Featuring Nicki Minaj

Veteran artists at the top of other Billboard charts:

Albums

Album Sales - Revolution Radio - Green Day

Digital Albums - Revolution Radio - Green Day

Catalog Albums - Metallica - Metallica

Tastemaker Albums - Revolution Radio - Green Day

Rock Albums - Revolution Radio - Green Day

Alternative Albums - Revolution Radio - Green Day

Blues Albums - Memphas Rock & Soul - Melissa Etheridge

Bluegrass Albums - Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... - Dwight Yoakam

New Age Albums - Dark Sky Island - Enya

Latin Albums - Los Duo 2 - Juan Gabriel

Latin Pop Albums - Los Duo 2 - Juan Gabriel

Tracks/Singles

Rock Airplay - Bang Bang - Green Day

Mainstream Rock Songs - Bang Bang - Green Day

Country Songs - Setting the World on Fire - Kenny Chesney Featuring P!nk